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Colorado employers must prepare for new wage-theft law
Colorado employers will need to work a little bit harder to ensure that they are not misclassifying employees as contractors and are not shorting anyone on pay or benefits, as the state’s latest effort to fight wage theft officially took effect on Wednesday. House Bill 1001, which was introduced on the first day of the…
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Colorado joins 17 states suing to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states, including Colorado, sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as “birthright citizenship,” which guarantees that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he’s talked about during…
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Denver weather: Bitter cold and snow through the weekend
The snow and bitter cold air are here with more on the way. Bundle up and drive carefully if you have to head out through the weekend. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for Denver and the entire I-25 corridor for 3-6 inches of snow. This Advisory continues through 5 p.m. Saturday. A Cold Weather…
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UNC on to Bill Belichick: Tar Heels to hire NFL Super Bowl champion as next head coach
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RALEIGH, N.C. — What first sounded like a far-fetched impossibility when the thought first surfaced late last week became an improbable and astonishing reality Wednesday: North Carolina plans to hire Bill Belichick, one of the most accomplished NFL head coaches ever, as the school’s new head football coach. According to multiple media reports, the school…
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Future of Gaetz ethics report uncertain following attorney general nomination withdrawal (copy)
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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s (R-FL) surprise withdrawal from consideration as attorney general in President-elect Donald Trump‘s Cabinet has thrown the future of the House ethics report against him into uncertainty. The release of the House Ethics Committee’s yearslong investigation into the Florida Republican has been the subject of debate on Capitol Hill, with Trump and…
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Denver aquarium welcomes rare 1-in-30 million crustacean found at Red Lobster
An extremely rare orange lobster nearly landed on a dinner plate in Pueblo last week, but instead, it’ll soon be on display at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. A long-term Red Lobster employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster while unpacking a shipment last Friday at the Pueblo…
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Year-round gardening: Low-maintenance, low-water, low-effort lawn conversion
As water prices rise, and time is precious, gardeners are beginning to rethink turf, preferring to spend time hiking or playing pickleball rather than mowing lawns or motivated by a desire to reduce irrigation costs. While it might be tempting to consider converting turf to an all-rock landscape, we discourage it for a variety of…
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US sues to block merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices for millions of Americans. The FTC filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon on Monday. It was joined in the suit by the attorneys…
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Concerns were raised about the Return to Nature funeral home years ago. Why did authorities take so long to act?
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The Fremont County coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated at Return to Nature funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building in October, according to newly unsealed court documents that raise questions about how the mistreatment of corpses was able to continue for so…
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EDITORIAL: New minimum wage laws devalue low-skilled workers
All work matters, but not the same. That’s why the market pays a drive-through clerk $100 and a neurosurgeon $4,000 for the same day of work. It costs almost nothing to land an entry-level job. Most high-wage earners invested in education or training, often borrowing to do so. Their war stories reveal how low-wage jobs…